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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Calvary Chapel Santa Paula

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 812864894
CA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Fabian Moreno, Executive Director / CEO ($29,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 64 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Fabian Moreno — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

64 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 64 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,044 $29,400
$2,34710th
$7,55125th
$20,805Median
$39,39275th
$57,35490th
$29,400This org · 67th
p10$2,347
p25$7,551
p50$20,805
p75$39,392
p90$57,354
$29,400

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to CA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
The Edge Ministries Inc IL$45,523 Manager $7,090 $8,072 2024
Greater Tree Of Life Missionary Baptist Church MI$46,385 Pastor $17,650 $21,720 2023
Bozrah International Ministries Inc CT$46,666 Executive Director $1,020 $1,140 2023
Teach All Nations Inc PA$46,687 President $898 $1,037 2024
Masters Harvest TX$44,687 President $22,770 $27,157 2023
Fruit Bearing Ministries Of Durham NC$44,247 President/se $5,000 $5,983 2024
Compass Coach And Consulting SC$43,628 Director $46,800 $58,211 2023
Cpc Prescott Holding Co AZ$48,943 Executive Dir. $6,188 $6,892 2024
Le Rucher Mercy Ministries WA$42,380 Secretary $30,721 $32,793 2023
Free In Christ Prison Ministries Inc NC$49,101 President $21,600 $25,847 2024
Amazing Vision Gospel Ministry CA$42,256 Ceo $42,000 $42,000 2024
Dueitt Ministries Inc TX$41,571 President $18,000 $20,852 2024
Dominic Galati Jr Ministries WI$49,839 President $6,915 $8,363 2024
Livingwaterinme Ministries CA$41,270 Secretary $1,000 $1,030 2023
Camp Shenandoah Springs Inc VA$51,100 Secretary $12,500 $13,977 2024
Rex And Lois Burgher Ministries Inc PA$40,158 President $14,950 $17,776 2023
Apostle Born Ministries Inc TX$39,874 President $102,168 $118,355 2024
Jesus Is Enough Corp ID$39,825 Secretary $8,732 $10,757 2024
Philadelphia Bible Institute College & Seminary In MD$39,200 President $500 $541 2024
John C Vaughn Evangelistic SC$39,105 Director $4,150 $5,014 2024
Life Focus Communications Nfp IL$52,459 Executive Director $24,000 $28,132 2023
Gkerr Ministries Corp FL$52,729 Kerr $44,655 $50,016 2023
Yahweh Church Orlando Inc FL$52,840 President $5,319 $5,787 2024
Land In Between Ministry VA$38,457 Officer $57,300 $64,071 2024
In The Name Of Love Ministries Inc CA$53,319 President $25,000 $25,738 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to CA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Fabian Moreno) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 64 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,400 is reasonable (approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.